Critical thinking: psychosis as a contested area.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Critical thinking and psychiatric knowledge: how trainee and qualified psychiatrists understand and engage with psychosis as a contested area.
IRAS ID
195842
Contact name
Therese O' Donoghue
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 7 months, 29 days
Research summary
In 2014, the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP) updated a report published originally in 2000 called “Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia – Why people sometimes hear voices, believe things that others find strange, or appear out of touch with reality, and what can help.” As this publication mainly featured the views of psychologists within universities and healthcare settings, it did not necessarily reflect the perspective of psychiatrists regarding alternative viewpoints about the cause of and best treatment for psychosis even though psychiatrists are heavily involved in diagnosis and treatment. Psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists across the East Midlands would be approached to participate in interviews with the researcher. Once all the interviews have been collected, the researcher would look more closely at them using a particular method of analysis called Critical Narrative Analysis. This analysis method involves several stages. When all the interviews have been collected and all the analysis is done, the plan would be to share the research with other people, including service-users, NHS staff and peers through presentation or publication.
REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/WM/0110
Date of REC Opinion
24 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion